Page last updated on February 08, 2019
Location:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
Geographic coordinates:
21 30 N, 80 00 W
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total: 110,860 sq km
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land: 109,820 sq km
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water: 1,040 sq km
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country comparison to the world:
107
Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Area comparison map:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries:
total: 28.5 km
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border countries (1):
US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 28.5 km
note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and remains part of Cuba
Coastline:
3,735 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12
nm
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exclusive economic zone: 200
nm
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contiguous zone: 24
nm
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Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
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Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
Elevation:
mean elevation: 108 m
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elevation extremes: 0 m
lowest point: Caribbean Sea
1974 highest point: Pico Turquino
Natural resources:
cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land
Land use:
agricultural land: 60.3%
(2011 est.)
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arable land: 33.8%
(2011 est.)
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permanent crops: 3.6%
(2011 est.)
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permanent pasture: 22.9%
(2011 est.)
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forest: 27.3%
(2011 est.)
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other: 12.4%
(2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
8,700 sq km
(2012)
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Population distribution:
large population clusters found throughout the country, the more significant ones being in the larger towns and cities, particularly the capital of Havana
Natural hazards:
the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common
Environment - current issues:
soil degradation and desertification (brought on by poor farming techniques and natural disasters) are the main environmental problems; biodiversity loss; deforestation; air and water pollution
Environment - international agreements:
party to:
Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Marine Life Conservation
Geography - note:
largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Cuba on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cuba Geography 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cuba Geography 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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